Starting elementary school usually means learning how to read. In order to be successful in this difficult and necessary task, children must have and use many aptitudes. For instance, children learn that words are made of phonemes (a member of the set of the smallest units of speech that serve to distinguish one utterance from another in a language or dialect /p/ of English pat and the /f/ of English fat are two different) must have an excellent understanding of literature and be well-versed with various materials such as books. Recent studies have shown that both parents and educators can encourage children develop those skills from early childhood.

First, a researcher in Canada sought to determine the impact of exposure of toddlers to writing with reading or other form of letters and words teaching on the reading skills in third grade. She consequently followed 168 children from families of middle and upper classes in the Ottawa area, Ontario, for five years. The researcher came to the conclusion that exposure at an early age to various printed material contributed to the development of better reading skills in the third grade. The association between parental education and reading performance is a lot less clear. Nevertheless, there is probably a key element in kids success in learning reading which is an awareness of phonology, which can be stimulated by punctuating on reading rhymes and poetry.

“Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky!”
The Canadian study also shows the importance of exposure in young children to language, especially songs rhymes and poems. Programs where parents and children listen to simple songs and rhymes should therefore be favored. One of the biggest challenge in helping families, especially poor families, is the integration of reading in an every day basis among preschool children. For many parents, buying books is not an option. On the other hand, many parents feel uneasy to go to the library. More research needs to be done on this subject, in order to develop more programs to include families of all socioeconomic levels in reading and writing, an important element of early childhood.

Forming educators pays off
Many children spend several hours in day care every day, researchers have also begun to examine the impact of interactions educators-children on language development. Hence, with no surprise, researchers found that when teachers responded better to children efforts of communicating, encouraged conversation among peers and helped the children to express their ideas and expand their vocabulary by suggesting them new words and concepts, those children developed better communication and language skills. Another Canadian study showed that children benefit when their teachers have been trained to provide language interactions of better quality. Children whose teachers were trained to use more combination of words tend to speak more often with their peers.

This research confirms what many have observed. It illustrates the difference such a training can make. Moreover, the training has not created new and costly requirements for educators nor it resulted in additional work for them. The training only necessitated to increase their level of awareness. By making minor changes in their interactions with kids, educators can make so great impact on children’s language. We simply to improve the quality of interaction kids-educators.

Take the first Step –clarity on what area of German language needs to be tackled: Misery is almost always the result of thinking, so stop thinking take a step of learning German in Mumbai. German is the most frequently spoken native language in Europe and is one of the ten most frequently spoken languages in the World and many countries in Eastern Central Europe speak German. Enough of the procrastination the first nut to crack if you are thinking of learning German in Mumbai is to take a step and a bold one at that. Figure our (A) how quickly you need to learn German language (B) Where do you stand weak – is it writing, reading or speaking or all of these areas. (C) How much of time per day or per week can you spare for learning German.

Read Books Written in German: An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Read books you can also listen to German news in Mumbai and keep a German dictionary by you when you do this be sure that in no time you would have learnt how to speak German .Learning German in Mumbai is no harder than English, French or Spanish. More than 60,000 books are published in Germany, which is sold all over Mumbai and its environs.

Look for the perfect Facilitator: You would need a guide who would put you through the basic rudiment of the German course. There are some schools that offer classes in German in Mumbai. Decide to attend a class of German in Mumbai that would help make a poor student good and a good one superior. If you are a beginner or intermediate Spanish learner in mumbai, a classroom setting is more or less necessary. It may also be a good point to visit your Spanish course counselor in mumbai and discuss your requirements.

Know about the German Culture: Learning German in Mumbai can also be achieved watching German movies but English subtitles! These you can watch at the comfort of your home meaning that you can learn German in Mumbai without stress. You can also listen to German music and this would help improve your ability to communicate in German. There are some tapes on German Classes in Mumbai that you can also watch. In our German language courses in mumbai (at Fort, Andheri, Borivli, Thane, navi mumbai and Dombivli) , we encourage students to know more about the German culture through German magazines, videos, tapes, CDs, music and cultural events. We also have distinguished visitors and speakers from Germany including. As an example, Mr. Herr.Robert Hann from Germany visited the Bindas Bol Head Office.The agenda was apt usage of the German language for the benefit of the alumni of Bindas Bol. The attendees included the existing as well as the Ex-students.

Vocabulary is important for mastering German – It has been observed that learning the “high frequency” words is a smart way to learn the language. Our linguistics research, corroborated by various other studies shows that not more than about 200 words, (maybe even less) are used in more than half of all communications! If you figure out and learn those 200 words, you are almost half-done and with a superb start towards learning German in Mumbai. In our german language courses in mumbai, the practice of including such high frequency German words has enabled German language students/ learners in mumbai to rapidly master the language.

“Why are Americans so poor at learning to speak other languages?” is asking the wrong question, because the answer is obvious. They don’t learn to speak other languages because they don’t need to. Or more pertinently, they have little or no opportunity to do so even it they want to.

The real question is: “Why does language teaching in the U.S. continuing aiming at a virtually unattainable objective rather than accepting the reality of the situation and adapting to it?”

When l was growing up in Los Angeles in the 1950s speaking another language (with the possible exception of Spanish) was hardly an option. Even hearing another language was hardly an option. If you turned on the radio, there was only one Spanish station, but certainly no German, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, or any other language stations. And of course television was worse, because there even Spanish was absent.

When I enrolled as a math and physics student in the early 1960s, I was required to take a language course, so I chose German, a language of science. This was a mistake. Of all my classes, German was the one that demanded the greatest investment of time and energy for the least return, including quantum mechanics and differential topology.

I graduated with a bad taste in my mouth for German or any other language. The proof that the time spent in the class was largely wasted occurred about a year later when I was confronted with a German. I could still say “Guten Morgan” (good morning), but that was about all. To communicate, we resorted to grunts, groans, and sign language.

I have since become fluent in two languages and have a working knowledge of three others. So what changed? Two things;
1. I got over my ingrained distaste for language learning.
2. I discovered a much more efficient way of going about it than what I had been subjected to as an adolescent.

I would therefore like to make a modest proposal: Language teaching in the United States should be completely overhauled. In particular, in the early stages the virtually unattainable objective of learning to speak a language should be scrapped.

Clearly, if students never have any opportunity to speak the language outside the classroom, then the chances of their learning to do so become infinitely slim. On the other hand, the same time and effort could be profitably turned to learning to reading and understand it.

Most people can master enough of the fundamentals of a language to be able to speak (poorly but nevertheless coherently), and to understand what is being said to them, within only a few months. The trick is to recognize that the major obstacle to language acquisition is not grammar. It’s VOCABULARY.

If you don’t know the verb you need, it doesn’t matter that you know how to conjugate verbs; you still cannot speak. If you don’t know the adjective you need, it doesn’t matter that you know how to decline adjectives; you still cannot speak. And so on.

Since vocabulary is crucial, then the largely unrecognized key to mastering another language is: first learn to READ it.

This, of course, may sound like heresy. But it is really common sense. There is nothing like being able to sit down with a newspaper, magazine, or even a novel in the language to reinforce both grammar and vocabulary. The more you read, the more your vocabulary will expand. And the more some of the language’s apparently bizarre ways of doing things will become increasingly familiar.

Once you arrive on site where the language is spoken, all the grammar and vocabulary you have stored up in this way will rapidly show its worth.

I am not a pedagogue, so I offer no definitive plan for implementing this idea in the classroom. But here are a few thoughts on the matter.

In the first year of the course, do not discourage students by testing them and grading them. The objective is to get them involved in the language, not to frighten them away from it. The more tests they take and the more they fail, or at least struggle with, the less involved they are going to be.

This does not mean no testing at all. However, this should not be to determine how much students know at a certain point, but to encourage them to learn more. I would therefore propose banishing tests that require students to translate from English into the target language, which almost invariably results in numerous mistakes.

Preferably, tests should be multiple-choice, asking students to recognize the grammatically correct sentence among three or four incorrect ones. At a slightly more advanced stage, they could be shown an incorrect sentence and asked to correct it, or to determine the infinitive of irregular verb contained in it.

Putting the emphasis on reading rather than speaking does not preclude an oral part to the course. It in fact requires it. However, during the first year, this would not be to master simple phrases such as “good morning”, “what is your name?”, “how old are you?”, “the post office is around the corner”. Instead, it would be to perfect pronunciation.

Students would be asked to read passages in the target language, with the teacher demonstrating the correct pronunciation. This would be particularly important with a language such as French, where virtually every word is pronounced differently from how it is spelled.

By the end of the first year, and probably before, students could start reading in the language, as much for pleasure as for tuition. These readings might include articles from newspapers or magazines, and even novels. For best results, the novel should contain a maximum of dialogue and a minimum of description. With dialogue, you can frequently anticipate and interpret what the characters are saying; with description you haven’t a clue.

When I was learning French, I used novels by Agatha Christie and the adventures of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs, because they are about 90% dialogue and 10% description. Hardly my favorite literature, but they served the purpose. I would also suggest Animal Farm by George Orwell and Candide by Voltaire. However, any novel with a high ratio of dialogue to description will do.

The purpose of reading in the language is to learn vocabulary. However, constantly looking up unfamiliar words would reading rhythm and damage enjoyment. Consequently, once students have learned enough basic vocabulary, their use of a dictionary should be kept to an absolute minimum.

In fiction, very few words are crucial for understanding the story line. Do you really need to know precisely what a room looks like? It’s enough to know that is large and elegantly furnished. Do you really need to know precisely what a landscape looks like? It is enough to know that it is isolated and windy. Moreover, words repeat. You will certainly see an unfamiliar word many more times throughout the text. At least one of those times, the way it is used will tell you exactly what it means, with no effort at all.

As a rule of thumb, once they have mastered basic grammar and vocabulary, students should be encouraged to use the dictionary no more than 2 – 3 times a page. Any more than this will make the exercise too tedious. They should just read and enjoy!

When they leave the course, chances are most students will not have any immediate need or opportunity to speak the language. But as long as they can enjoyably read it, they may very well continue to do so. The effort that went into the course will not be lost.

While living in Los Angeles, I taught myself to read French, with no idea that I would ever have any need to speak it. I maintained my reading knowledge of French for five years before coming to live in Belgium, where I began speaking it almost immediately. What a gratifying experience! Certainly much better than if I had gone through a traditional language course, only to discover that on arriving I had to start all over from scratch.

Philip Yaffe is a former reporter/feature writer with The Wall Street Journal and a marketing communication consultant. He currently teaches a course in good writing and good speaking in Brussels, Belgium. His recently published book In the “I” of the Storm: the Simple Secrets of Writing and Speaking (Almost) like a Professional is available from Story Publishers in Ghent, Belgium (storypublishers.be) and Amazon (amazon.com).

China has stepped front and center into 21st Century business and commerce. As one of the most populated countries in the world, China has become a very important exporter as well as importer of goods from around the globe. Because of this, more businessmen and women are commuting, working, and living in China than ever before.

Chinese schools are becoming increasingly popular and many children as well as adults want to learn how to speak Chinese – Mandarin dialect, which is spoken in Mainland China. The problem is, not many traditional school environments teach Chinese. Therefore, it is possible for many people to only learn Chinese online, or to self-teach the language. In today’s economy and global business trade, learning Chinese is a smart career move.

With the explosion of the Internet and the World Wide Web, global outsourcing has become a popular option for many businesses. In recent years, China has engaged in more free trade than ever before. Since her admittance into the World Trade Organization, Chinese is one of the fastest growing languages currently being studied in the United States.

Chinese is a language of the future and the future is now. Manufacturers, banking institutions, medical facilities, and construction potential between the United States and China have increased dramatically in recent years. Blue-collar and white-collar workers from the United States are increasingly in demand in China to provide management, consulting, and accounting services for home and branch offices of major institutions throughout the Chinese continent. Simply put, Chinese language translation is in very high demand.

Chinese lessons are now available through online learning environments, but they are not all created equal. There is a wide variety of “learn to speak Chinese” or “how to speak Chinese” books in your local bookstore, but is it is incredibly difficult to learn Chinese on your own. Over one billion people currently speak Chinese in various aspects of business, social, and professional environments. Learning from native Chinese speakers is one of the best ways for a beginner to understand the extremely complex sounds and pronunciations of Mandarin Chinese.

With the 2008 Beijing Olympics just around the corner, thousands of Americans are looking to learn Chinese easy. The United Nations has declared 2008 the “International year of Languages”. Mando Mandarin is the world’s leading online language school that specializes in teaching Chinese live over the Internet through private one-on-one sessions. A leader in Chinese language education, Mando Mandarin is a globally recognizable educational brand online and off.

Many people struggle to learn Chinese on their own and find themselves learning to pronounce words and phrases the wrong way. Chinese is comprised of various tones that need to be heard in order to understand. Ignoring these tones will produce garbled language skills that are not recognizable and may very well cause extreme embarrassment!

China is in the news on an almost daily basis, and the upcoming Olympic games will help bring people together to a greater understanding of this great and ancient country. China will continue to spread her wings and offer economic potential for both import and export goods, production, and manpower. Preparing for global interaction with China is one of the best ways to get a jumpstart on that future.

If you want to learn how to learn Mandarin online, take advantage of Mando Mandarin’s unique teaching materials, one-on-one instruction, and an interactive learning experience that is so much more effective than traditional self-taught methods.

Language is an important aspect of bridging cultural barriers and understanding. Take the time to learn to speak Chinese correctly. While most people realize that the fastest way to learn Chinese is to live in China, there are easier and cheaper ways to go about it. Visit http://www.mandomandarin.com for more information on one of the best online Chinese schools.

To be a deep thinker you simply have to get in the habit of asking deep questions about everything around you. What is a deep question? Let’s look at a couple examples.

Suppose someone lies to you, and you simply explain it by saying, “He’s a jerk!” That may be true, but it is shallow thinking. Instead you might ask why he lied to you. A deeper question than that would be why people lie in general, or why it is wrong to lie. Related questions might include whether it is ever okay to lie, and if so, when.

To become a deep thinker then, you have to get in the habit of looking beyond the immediate questions raised. Fortunately it isn’t a heavy philosophical exercise to determine which questions are “deeper” than others. You will usually recognize them when you see them. For example, which is a deeper perspective, pointing out all the excuses a person makes for his or her behavior, or asking and exploring why people feel the need to make excuses?

Here’s a good rule to remember: The more profound questions are those which have wider application. For example, knowledge about a particular man’s personality, though perhaps useful, is limited and shallow compared to knowing the principles of psychology that apply to all people. Questions about a particular business are not nearly as deep as those about the principles of success which could be applied to all businesses.

Another rule: If one question or idea is an example of another, the latter is the deeper one. Water freezes at 0 degrees and becomes steam at 100 degrees. This is an example of the more fundamental principle that substances have three forms (solid, liquid, gas) depending upon temperature.

You can always start with “Why?” Like a child, ask it again and again, and question each answer. “Why do we force people to pay taxes?” Because they wouldn’t pay otherwise. “Why wouldn’t they?” They consider other things more important. “What are taxes for?” To serve the public good. “Who defines the public good?” The voters, by way of their representatives. “If the public votes for evil things are they still a public good?”

If you can remember to ask such questions often enough throughout your day, and continue doing it for a few weeks, it will become a habit. Making these “probing” thought patterns habitual is how you become a deep thinker. Carry a note to remind yourself at first, or put reminders on your schedule.

Being A Deep Thinker – The Use Of Language

Question even the language which you and others use, instead of taking it for granted. For example, what does “national defense” really mean? Does it mean protecting the borders, the government, the flag, honor, the people, or the rights of the people in the nation? These are very different ideas, and perhaps not always compatible, yet we often take for granted that we all mean the same thing when we use the words, “national defense.”

The metaphorical nature of language is essential to growing our range of expression. We refer to the “memory” of a computer, and by using this metaphor it becomes easier to understand and communicate. On the other hand, this use of metaphor can also limit our thinking. The sun “going down” is a small example. We know intellectually that it is the planet turning which causes this apparent effect, but our language creates the impression that the sun goes away each night.

Now, if we stop and really consider that the sun never sets, all sorts of new ideas come to mind. Solar panels in space would always be in the sun, and they could beam electricity down to us by way of microwave transmission. Someday, a “nightless farm” could fly around the Earth at a thousand miles-per-hour, growing vegetables in 24 hours-per-day sunlight. These ideas may not be new, but they only occurred after mentally questioning the idea that the sun goes down.

Finally, a deep thinker recognizes the representative nature of language in general. Words are only meant to point at things in reality. They are not things by themselves. While this may seem obvious, it is forgotten in common discourse. A man says that corporations are evil, for example, and another jumps to “prove” this idea wrong, rather than trying to see what the first man is pointing at with his words.

You may recall the ancient puzzle called “Zeno’s Paradox,” which “proved” that motion is impossible. Because of the perfect logic with which it was demonstrated, some chose to believe that what we see as motion is an illusion. Much later, philosophers, mathematicians and physicists found acceptable challenges to the paradox, but the real lesson here is that logic isn’t infallible because language is imperfect, and if we are to more fully understand the world, we have to allow for that. A deep thinker, then, uses words as the valuable but limited tools they are, while trying not to let words use him.

Chinese is a language or group of languages spoken by 1.3 billion people worldwide. If you believe to be a Chinese language, rather than a group it is most commonly spoken language on the planet. It is spoken in countries like China, Singapore, Taiwan and Malaysia. If you are interested in learning Chinese, it may be difficult and intimidating. Learning Chinese, but can also be rewarding, and recognizing that it may have advantages for your career, and help improve your trips to Asia.

If you decide to learn the Chinese language, there are a number of ways you can go on doing so. As a college student, you can study Mandarin Chinese and get a degree in it. Earn a college degree in Chinese will provide a solid knowledge of formal, or Mandarin Chinese. You will also be proficient in reading and writing the alphabet, which is a standard throughout the Chinese-Saxon alphabet. If you are established in your career, and believe it is necessary to learn Chinese for business relations and / or associated business trip, you can subscribe to an acceleration of Chinese language courses online or through the purchase of audio tapes that teach rapid techniques that will help you quickly learn to speak basic Mandarin Chinese. Learning to speak Chinese in this way is handy if you need to learn before an important business trip. There are several accelerated learning centers that provide online programs in Chinese, and many courses on tape available for sale.

If you are a student of the major minoring in Chinese, or if you are a tourist with a desire to travel to Asia, an ideal way to learn the Chinese language is through participation in an immersion program. In doing so, you will not only learn to speak Chinese, but you will learn about and experience Chinese culture. By studying Chinese in cities like Beijing, where the language is spoken natively, you will be part of the life and culture, and you will find learning to speak the Chinese language is much easier than you thought. As it is a total immersion in the Chinese world, you learn all conversations and styles of idiomatic language. You daily interact with people who are native speakers of Chinese, and who cannot or will not speak English with you. You will be taken on tours of famous sites and places of every day. You grow to understand and recognize the value of ancient Chinese culture: history, art, architecture, food, and the people. You will attend classes where you learn the complex Chinese alphabet, to read and write and how. Learning the Chinese language by participating in an immersion program is an ideal way to go.

If you are fluent in the Chinese language, not only could it help if you are established in a career, but it could also open doors to new career for you. For example, you can take a job as a translator of foreign language that you are responsible for translating websites, training materials and other business documents, while helping to bridge the communication gap between two cultures very different. You can also consider a teaching career if English as a second language. You can live in a Chinese nation and to teach English to Chinese students. Being fluent in Chinese will certainly make your move less stressful.

Learn to speak, read and write the Chinese language has many advantages. It gives you the opportunity to improve your career by working and / or travel abroad, or you have opportunities to start new careers as a translator or a teacher. If you plan to travel to Asia, learning Chinese will make your trip less stressful and more enjoyable. Take the time to learn the Chinese language will open their eyes to a new and often misunderstood culture, and is an achievement that can be personally and professionally rewarding.

If you have always dreamed to study Spanish abroad, you should be happy to find out that there is a solution. With the help of the Internet, you can discover the advantages of a Spanish immersion school and literally immerse yourself in the studying of this foreign language. Plus, you get to travel to spectacular and almost breathtaking places, enjoying individually-designed Spanish classes.

Many of the students decide to go with group lessons, the program offered by the Spanish immersion school being of 20 hours per week. The learning experience is unique, each student taking part in small classed with six other students. The student’s progress is appreciated through special designed exams, having the main purpose of advancing program participants to more advanced classes.

For those who want to study Spanish abroad in a more intimate environment, private lessons are available as well. With individualized Spanish classes, many students feel that they understand the language better and are able to improve their current studying levels. The teachers have years of experience working in the field, being genuine professionals and they are all interested in imparting their knowledge to eager students. Private sessions offer a great advantage for those who want to improve their vocabulary but also other aspects of the Spanish language.

There is also the possibility to combine private and group student sessions, taking advantage of 25 to 30 hours a week of learning Spanish. This intensive program provided by the Spanish immersion school is perfect for those who want to master the language, requiring additional assistance with some aspects of the studying process. If you want to study Spanish abroad but you are afraid that you won’t live up to the expectations, you should know that these specialists also offer tutorial sessions. You will benefit from specialized assistance, working on difficult concepts and problems you have. The teacher will provide you with reading materials, correcting existing mistakes and helping you with the homework. As you can certainly see, all these sessions are meant to make your learning experience as pleasant as possible.

What are the cities you can study in? Well, you have the Spanish immersion school in Buenos Aires, Lima, Santiago and Bariloche. For beginners who desire to study Spanish abroad, the program starts with basic pronunciation, simple verb tenses (present) and common used words. You will be taught to describe people and things, family members and specific greetings. The learning will proceed with interrogative pronouns, indefinite/definite article and adjectives. You will soon discover many new things about the Spanish language, improving your vocabulary and grammar in a very short period of time.

Probably one of the best things about the Spanish immersion school is that you are able to study in a native environment. At the same time, you are able to move on to more difficult levels, intermediate, advanced and superior. With each level, you will learn all about relative pronouns, terms like ‘para’ and ‘por’, advanced tenses (future imperfect, conditional, and subjunctive), passive voice and even idiomatic expressions. By now, you will have developed some knowledge of the Spanish language and consider advancing to advanced or even superior classes. You will have to pass weekly exams in order to prove the progress you have made.

Advanced Spanish classes will remind you once more of the pleasure to study Spanish abroad, helping you improve your speaking abilities, develop perfect grammar usage and discover the beauty of foreign literature. Culture will be brought even closer to you and indeed, the Spanish have one of the most amazing histories to begin with. Their literature is filled with great works and you will definite have something to learn about. You can also join one of the programs proposed by the Spanish immersion school, destined to improve your Spanish levels for specific fields: medical, business or law. It’s your choice and fortunately, you have plenty of interesting options to choose from!

WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN ITALIAN IN ITALY AND HAVE TIME TO VISIT THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY TOO?

Hallo! Servizi linguistici di Kos Marta Inga e Di Dio Luigina snc organizes training courses for private students, professionals and companies. Our team is made up of dynamic and friendly people, who have a great amount of experience.

A young and international environment is waiting for you!

Our aim is to create a meeting point between high quality teaching and a friendly environment, in which students feel comfortable and enjoy studying and spending their time here with us.

We’re located in the Borgo Panigale suburb, in Bologna, near the historical centre, surrounded by nature and a relaxing atmosphere.

Hallo! is strategically positioned near “G. Marconi” airport (ten minutes away), 5 minutes from the “Bologna – Borgo Panigale” train station and not far from exit no. 3 of the freeway.

For accommodation needs, we have a special agreement with a rooming-house near the school.

Individual and “Two” courses give students the opportunity to study and learn italian in Italy following a personalized learning plan according to individual needs. We prepare the program and the calendar together with the student/s.

Group Courses
Courses are held from Monday to Friday, from 9am to midday or from 3pm to 6pm. 15 hours are planned per week.

You can choose to take courses for one, two or three weeks. Participants are divided into small groups of 3 to 8 students, on the basis of their level.

Courses begin from the first week of June 2008.

Our teaching programmes

Basic course

The objective of the course is to offer the foundations of the Italian language and culture, in order to enhance the first approach to our country. During the lessons you will deal with topics which are useful for daily life situations. You will learn how to describe yourself and other people, how to describe your studies/job and your free time. You will begin to grasp “survival” language that will help you face various social situations (at a bar, in a restaurant, in a hotel, in shops and at the post office).

Intermediate course
This is the ideal course for someone who already has basic knowledge of Italian and is ready to further study the grammar and vocabulary aspects of Italian. Our objective is to offer a wide variety of learning activities, in order to make the lessons fun and dynamic. You will learn how to use verbs in the past tense, you will increase your vocabulary and be able to describe interests, desires, opinions and intentions in a detailed manner.

Advanced course
The objective of the course is to strengthen oral and written skills, thus giving the student more self-confidence and the opportunity to pick up the nuances of the Italian language and culture.

The focal point of the lessons will be conversation. Topics and ideas will be taken from current affairs, magazines, newspapers, Italian television etc, in order to encourage the student to speak about a variety of “made in Italy” topics.